Degrees of polarization and coherence of paired linear polarized laser beam by scattering glass plates measured using optical coherent ellipsometer

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 4286-4295

  Nee, Soe Mie F ^a   Yu, Chih Jen ^b   Wu, Jheng Syong ^b   Huang, Hong Sheng ^a   Lin, Chu En ^b   Chou, Chien ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELLIPSOMETRY; HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL GLASS;

DEGREES OF POLARIZATION; HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL COHERENT ELLIPSOMETERS; PAIRED LINEAR POLARIZED LASER BEAMS; SCATTERING GLASS PLATES;

LASER BEAMS;

GLASS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLASS; LASERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 41149148790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004286     Document Type: Article

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